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Nouns Adjectives

Interjections
PARTS OF SPEECH Conjunctions
By Mr. Moazzam Ali

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PARTS OF SPEECH
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PARTS OF SPEECH PARTS OF SPEECH

 Noun
 Verbs

 The name of anything is called a noun.

 A verbs shows an action or a state of being

 Pronouns  Adjective

 A pronoun stands in for a noun  An adjective tells us more about a verb

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PARTS OF SPEECH PARTS OF SPEECH

 Preposition
 Interjection
 A preposition links a noun or pronoun to another
word  An interjection expresses an emotion or attitude

 Conjunction

 A conjunction joins words or groups of words

PARTS OF SPEECH PARTS OF SPEECH

 A noun names a person, place or thing such as  An adverb tells us about an action tells us about an
teacher, bridge or Gujrat. action such as running fast or walking slowly.
 A preposition comes before a noun such as for my

 A pronoun takes the place of a noun such as she aunt or at the school.
for aunt and he for brother.  A conjunction joins some words together such as
hot and cold or beak and feather.
 A verb shows us what is being done such as laugh,  An interjection shows us an emotion such as Yes!

walk or sleep. or Wow! or Oh !, what fun !

 An adjective tells us about the noun such as

favorite book or interesting story.

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EXERCISES EXERCISES
 Fill in the gaps by using the categories given in the
Write the part of speech for the words in bold. brackets.
 Sentence Parts of Speech 1) Dad drove the car ………….. the garage. (preposition)
2) The dancer …………… her ankle. (verb)
 The yellow bus passed by ……….
3) …………..plays cricket in the summer. (pronoun)
 I need a bath and a meal ……….
4) Emma is a …………… girl (adjective)
 The earthquake destroyed the city ……….
5) I read a book ………I waited for a bus. (conjunction)
 We ran around the oval. ……….
6) ……….. ! I am glad that is over (Interjection)
 Ouch! That hurts ……….
 They arrived by train ………. 7) The detective crept ……….towards the suspect. (adverb)
 The rain stopped suddenly ………. 8) The ball landed in the …………. (noun)
 I have never seen an elephant ……….

NOUN
 In Dictionaries we use abbreviations as follows:

 Noun is a name word that names anything that

 Noun (n.)
exists. There is a noun for every person, creature,
 Pronoun (pron.)
place, thing, feeling, quality or idea.
 Verb (v)
 Adjective (adj.)
 Adverb (adv.)
 Preposition (prep.)
 Conjunction (conj.)
 Interjection (int.)

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NOUN NOUN
 Recognizing nouns in sentences:  Type of Nouns

 Look for the words the, a or an that frequently a) Common nouns

precede nouns b) Proper nouns
The driver won a race and an award. c) Concrete nouns
 Look for capital letters that commence proper d) Abstract nouns
nouns. e) Collective nouns
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan.
f) Individual nouns
 Look for common nouns endings such as -ion, -er

-ation and –ness.

They rewarded our kindness with indignation.

FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS NOUN

Functions Examples  A) Add three more examples to each category of
nouns below:
 Subject:  The car runs well.
 Category Example Your examples
 Direct object:  I bought a book. I. Person student
 Complement:  Mary was president. II. Creature worm
 Object of the  He walked to the store. III. Place classroom
preposition: IV. Thing computer
 Indirect object:  Sam mailed Joan a letter. V. Feeling enjoyment
 Possession:  The woman's daughter left VI. Quality curiosity
early VII. Idea theory

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NOUN
 Code the nouns shown in bold type as C for
concrete or A for abstract.

 The boy () stood at the gate () holding a box () of

popcorn () and an empty drink bottle. () there was a
look () of bewilderment () on his face ().